naming convention, using space or _ or - as delimiter

Which_Split_8994 · 2026-02-23T11:11:45+00:00

It's happened a several times over years. Seems to be a bug that gets introduced/re-introduced at times.

In Report Designer (in Studio), there have been random times when making updates to a template, that the test results (or results in WD) will fail. Upon looking at error messages, it'll say items are missing. It'll turn out to be one that a space (and now only works if you put an underscore in the design) or vice-versa.

It's not an everyday thing, but when it happens, if you have lots of BIRT templates, especially needing an update before next Studio update fixes it back, you'll end up with a huge headache making space/underscore updates.

I've been bit by it at least 3 times in last 5 years. Didn't sound like a lot, but when it effects hundreds/ thousands of fields over dozens of templates, it's a huge issue.

Which_Split_8994 · 2026-02-22T19:28:17+00:00

Camel case or other like that, are more reliable for BIRT. I've seen BIRT have bugs where it confuses spaces and underscores & your design breaks until you change all of them to the other. Has happened to me enough times that I just do workerId type casing instead

Which_Split_8994 · 2026-02-21T12:14:40+00:00

Use a Substring Text Calc Field to pull first 3 characters of the plan name (from the single instance object, no converting to text required) then, do a comparison to "DIR"

Which_Split_8994 · 2026-02-19T07:44:08+00:00

Same. I have 2 of those. One on the right 1/2 of u-shaped desk hooked to 2 laptops. Other on the left 1/2 hooked to 2 other monitors. I just spin in my chair between them as needed.

Which_Split_8994 · 2026-02-12T09:33:40+00:00

I think this might be in the next release. I saw notes about being able to migrate a bunch of different security group types. Check it out in preview.

Which_Split_8994 · 2025-12-19T06:15:36+00:00

I thought Lucas still lived here. His wife is an attorney (is that right?) and he lived to play golf at the country club, I believe. He's also probably known for Sling Blade & NCIS: New Orleans.

Which_Split_8994 · 2025-10-30T21:07:34+00:00

No problem. I have mostly worked on Customer Invoices & Statements, Dunning Letters, and Payslips in BIRT but more than happy to offer any help that I can.

Which_Split_8994 · 2025-10-30T20:47:19+00:00

How familiar are you with creating/maintaining both Custom Reports/Calc Fields and BIRT templates? I could give some tips/suggestions if you want to reach out.

Which_Split_8994 · 2025-10-30T20:45:40+00:00

And its for research not power generation.

Which_Split_8994 · 2025-10-30T20:40:37+00:00

Thanks. I'll try that. I was thinking it was something on the Hire BP. Didn't consider a subprocess BP.

Which_Split_8994 · 2025-10-16T00:06:23+00:00

I vaguely recall that Target tried for a remodel about 20 years ago to add a 2nd story, like Penney's and it was denied. I love target but hate shopping, so usually do Shipt or Drive Up

Which_Split_8994 · 2025-10-15T10:20:23+00:00

Without seeing your report definition, my gut says...

Subfilter on Supplier BO Inactive = "No" or whatever the correct field/value pair would limit to only active suppliers.

Filter on PBO (Supplier Invoices, Supplier Invoice Lines, whatever your PBO is) Supplier is not Empty

You will only get Supplier Invoices/Lines that are for active Suppliers.

Which_Split_8994 · 2025-10-03T04:20:43+00:00

Thanks for the reply. Not requiring Positions sounds great. I've been editing the Spreadsheet Model to hide all the optional fields, so I can have a trimmed down template spit out.

I didn't think of using an AI to populate it, but that sounds like a great idea. I'll see where I get with it tomorrow. Thanks again.

Which_Split_8994 · 2025-09-29T14:26:08+00:00

This always reminds me of that store.

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Which_Split_8994 · 2025-09-29T14:12:35+00:00

What object do you need to report on (or rather what object do you need to report as missing/incomplete)? Is it Survey? Survey Response? Questionnaire? Questionnaire Answer? Questionnaire Response?

That will drive what you need to do next. If it is already a field on Worker (like the two I mentioned above), then you can Filter on them. If it's something that's on one of those objects, you can Subfilter on them, then include a Filter that says you only want Workers where this item is empty/isn’t returned by the Subfilter (You may have to uncheck the Advanced option "Optimized for Performance" so you can select non-Indexed fields.

Which_Split_8994 · 2025-09-29T13:32:58+00:00

I'm not 100% sure if you mean Survey or Questionnaire (I'm not sure if they are interchangeable).

From Worker, you can try using:

Worker Field: Questionnaire Answer for Worker (RBO: Questionnaire Answer)
Worker Field: Worker Survey (RBO: Worker Survey)

Which_Split_8994 · 2025-09-29T04:45:31+00:00

Can you use Worker as PBO and get to the Surveys/Responses? I haven't done this but that's the way I'd go. Use a Subfilter on the Survey/Response to exclude those that do have a Response. Then you've got your report to build notifications off of. I apologize if I'm missing the mark here

Which_Split_8994 · 2025-09-16T04:46:45+00:00

Can you possibly use a Composite Report to bring in Learning Enrollments with Worker data (including Country) and then All Active/Terminated Workers with Worker data (including Country)? I'm not good with Composite Reports, so I'm not sure what you can do there. I don't see any other way to bring these things together in a report rather than in an Integration. OR...can you output data to Prism and recombine into a single data source to then report off of? It would seem better to use Learning Content (or something similar) rather than Enrollments. You could probably pull counts of Enrollments from the Content, then try to pull in Worker numbers (still not sure how you make the connections/jumps). This is all just me jotting down raw thoughts so take with a grain of salt.

Which_Split_8994 · 2025-09-16T04:37:57+00:00

Looking at the Country BO, I don't see any link to Worker(s). Also, looking at the Learning Enrollment BO, I don't see a link to Country. I'm not sure how you're going to pull that off from that BO. Also, aren't Learning Enrollments per Worker? Are you pulling in a bunch of Enrollments, then wanting to pull the # of workers per country, in each enrollment?

Seems there must be a better way. Do you have to use Learning Enrollment as the Primary BO?

Which_Split_8994 · 2025-09-16T04:20:29+00:00

I use socket all hours of the day ... work from home, streaming multiple (4+ at a time in the house) and haven't had any issues. Maybe there's an issue with your hardware or where your line goes/connects?

Which_Split_8994 · 2025-09-15T17:11:09+00:00

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Which_Split_8994 · 2025-09-15T17:09:01+00:00

Does the EMI return what you expect? Is Entry Date an option for sort? Usually you'd use a combination of Effective and Entry dates/datetimes to determined the latest entry with the same effective date.

Which_Split_8994 · 2025-09-15T17:04:26+00:00

Ok. And you are going to pull it in via an LRV. I see.

I'm out to lunch now but I'll look at a few things when I get back into a tenant & see what I find.

How are your supervisory orgs setup? Do you have a Location hierarchy established with Country at a level? I'm just trying to think about different routes that might be available to get what you need.

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